The Characters of Tom and Daisy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald :: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The characters search of their have identities and the scrape that ensues is the roughly suffusive theme throughout The Great Gatsby . The fact that we never really know the characters, and the corrupt immoral things they do, directly represent the 20s senior high society lifestyle. The characters continued to cheat on their spouses, let money sustain their obsession, and debated the American dream for the hopes of one day obtaining happiness. But the fact rest that they redeem no true morals or ideals of themselves as individuals. These be a group of people who --no matter how cocky and self- confident they seem-- have absolutely no idea of what they are doing (as many men and women of the 20s do not). Tom and Daisy are two examples. Daisy is a hospitable character who had a love for parties and tended to lose herself in them and the drinking. Daisy at once said, Whatll we do with ourselves this laternoon, and the day after that, and the next thirty years? This quote not only convey she lives for one day at a time never sentiment of the future, but that she truly has no idea of what to do with herself. She is like gratis(p) change floating around wandering from party to party, man to man, familiarity to friend, in a big house in East testis with no sense of purpose. She once attempted to picture something when she first reunited with Nick. She said, Whatll we plan? What do people plan? meaning she has never had to make decisions nor has she had ofttimes responsibility. Not only does she have no purpose, she has no morals. She literally killed a woman and went home to eat cold chicken. What more, her lover was killed and she left on a trip missing his funeral. Show me a woman who has no morals or goals and Ill show you a woman who is searching for her own identity. Tom Buchanan is a small man hiding in a big house with an equally large ego. In fact, he once remarked that women run around too much and meet the victimize grade of people. Th is statement is both arrogant and ironic because he runs around with the wrong people, and women run around with him- he being the wrong people. Also, when stating this he was most likely referring to his wife, and subtly putting her down for her relationship with Gatsby in a most conceited way.